Tough-Minded Management: A Guide for Managers Who Are Too Nice for Their Own Good

by Gareth Gardiner

Gareth Gardiner's 5-point action management program gives you the practical skills you need to inrease the productivity and professionalism of your workplace. You'll learn how to deal with every... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0449907716
• ISBN13: 9780449907719
• Release Date: March 1993
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Length: 173 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Practical, quick management tips in an accessible format.

Although I was initially put off by the sub-title of this book, I am glad I looked further and made the purchase. This was 4 years and many management situations ago! This book is a mainstay in my management arsenal that I frequently recommend.It is written in a very accessible style -- no high brow management language -- with strategies that reinforce a manager's integrity. The tactics are easy to implement. The results are a strong management style, that respects and supports staff while providing results for senior management. This book helped me in a particularly difficult situation where I "inherited" an underperforming employee from my boss. Although the situation ended in a termination action, I feel I was able to treat this person with respect and dignity.Since that time, I have found this book to be a great resource for ongoing managment crisis'. Highly recommended, even if you aren't "too nice for your own good!"